LIGHT


Meaning of LIGHT in English

I. noun

Synonyms: dawn 1, aurora, cockcrow, cockcrowing, dawning, daybreak, daylight, morn, morning, sunrise

II. adjective

Synonyms: fair 3, blond

III. verb

1.

to cause something to start burning

lighted the fuse on the dynamite

Synonyms: enkindle, fire, ignite, inflame, kindle

Contrasted words: douse, ||dout, put out, quench, snuff; damp (down), smother, stamp (out)

Antonyms: extinguish

2.

Synonyms: illuminate 1, illume, illumine, lighten

IV. adjective

1.

having little weight

the package was light

Synonyms: featherlight, featherweight, imponderous, lightweight, unheavy, weightless

Related Word: inconsequential, trifling, trivial; little, petty, small; flimsy, meager, slender, slight

Idioms: light as a feather

Contrasted words: bulky, burdensome, cumbersome, huge, massive, overweight, ponderous, portly, unwieldy, weighty

Antonyms: heavy

2.

Synonyms: easy 1, effortless, facile, royal, simple, smooth, untroublesome

Antonyms: arduous

3.

Synonyms: fast 7, easy, loose, ||riggish, unchaste, wanton, whorish

4.

Synonyms: giddy 1, bird-witted, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, harebrained, rattlebrained, skittish

5.

Synonyms: little 3, casual, inconsiderable, insignificant, minor, petty, shoestring, small-beer, trivial, unimportant

6.

Synonyms: dizzy 2, giddy, light-headed, swimming, swimmy, vertiginous

V. verb

1.

Synonyms: alight , land, perch, roost, set down, settle, sit down, touch down

2.

Synonyms: happen 2, bump, chance, hit, luck, meet, stumble, tumble

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